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[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Entropy512:
Isn't Ninphetamine before update3? I thought it was. netarchy's update3 commit was well after 2.1.3 was released.

It's hard to tell at which point a given Ninphetamine drop happened.

Which reminds me, I need to be better about release tags on my git repo... I started doing it but forgot for the past few releases.

I can tell you that without a doubt, when combined with an AT&T-source-based kernel, something about VillainROM or XXKI3 in general provides incredible battery life improvements over AT&T UCKH7-based ROMs, it's the only combo for any device I've owned in the past few years where I don't see much of a battery hit at my desk where there is extreme weak signal. Usually drain goes up significantly there.

Is the regression in question update2?

I've seen a few claims that something in update3 provides improved battery life even over the AT&T I777 drop, but I can't figure out what might cause that based on reading the sources.

p.s. - did you see that NFC experiment I linked in IRC last night or had you already gone AFK? I'll send you a link tonight if you missed it.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] pulser_g2:
Regression was in update 2.

I'll get the link tonight from you mate :)
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] theooo:
I see, i read somewhere when executed quadrant put everything in zram or some kind of that and only use 1 core to execute all bench test.

So will there be a new kernel based on update 3 source :D
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Entropy512:
I know netarchy and Ninpo sounded like they were waiting for update3 before continuing, allowing them to take a break and focus on real life - but so many people whined and had to have something NOW NOW NOW that they kinda said, "screw it, I'm kind of enjoying this real life" stuff. I don't blame them... Dealing with users can be REALLY stressful for kernel developers sometimes.

I think Siyah is update3 based now, I don't know if there are any kernels based on update3 from less aggressive developers yet. I stopped following Siyah for a variety of reasons.

I'll be starting to trickle in update3 to my I777 kernel series bit by bit soon, now that Hellraiser is fairly mature. Some enterprising I9100 dev might be able to do builds with an I9100 defconfig off of my git repo and achieve success.

One of the more famous Quadrant hacks was Stagefright - would increase Quad scores by something like 1000 on GalaxyS devices, but broke media playback for nearly all formats. There are other cases of ROMs that had insane Quad results but were utter crap for real usage.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] TA123:
I tried another app with the same result. What happens is that when the phone connects to the device for the first time it firstly displays "Connected to the phone audio and media audio" then the media audio disappears. When I disconnect it and reconnect then it stays connected to both phone and media audio.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] sinkingfish:
Please help...

Could someone PLEASE help me.

I messed up my phone. First I flashed CFROOT via odin, that went fine, then I tried to flash GalnetMIUI via the rom manager. That got caught in a boot loop.

So I download my carrier firmware (meteor ireland) from here http://xdaforums.com/show....php?t=1113928 and flashed it via odin. But it's still stuck on the animation screen.

Can I just flash Villain ROM via Odin ?

I'm at a loss here. I had rooted my Hero & Desire, but this was my first attempt on my SGS2.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] CamoGeko:
First of all, your mistake was using rom manager on the SGS2. It's not fully compatible and does more damage than good really, as you have found out for yourself now.

What you need to do is a factory reset in recovery, wipe data, cache and dalvik then flash VR zip. That should bring your device back to life.

Don't worry though, I too had endless HTC's before buying the SGS2 when it was released 7 months ago or something. I gotta say, once you get used to it things will feel lot simpler in the Galaxy world.

:)

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[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] BrandoHD:
Try a factory reset from within the recovery. If the phone boots, do not flash anything again until you do a lot of reading. You obviously haven't done that, if you had, I suspect you would not be using ROM Manager among other things, when you are finished, read some more.....

Sent from Samsung Galaxy S II
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] sinkingfish:
Thanks for the help. Did't realise that recovery mode existed, I thought CWM replaced download mode.

PHEW!
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] borgmanjayce:
Has anybody had any problems with VR 3.0 in that it reboots the phone every so often by going back to the VR launch screen without warning before starting the phone up again.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] CamoGeko:
Nope, nothing like that.

Did you do a full wipe before flashing VR?

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[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] borgmanjayce:
I believe so. On another note, do you have any advice on doing a full backup of the internal ROM just in case it's needed...
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] CamoGeko:
Well, you can do a full nandroid backup using CWM recovery.

Boot into it by pressing vol up + home + power.

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[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] borgmanjayce:
I take it that doesn't back up any files that are on there like media files or anything similar that are installed on there (the internal memory i'm referring to is the 16GB one)
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] CamoGeko:
No, you can do that yourself. Back it up on your pc.

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[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] borgmanjayce:
I've since done that as well as the 16GB Micro SD card although it's confusing as to how everything is labelled according to Titanium (the MicroSD being the External SD card if I'm correct and the main Internal memory being the SD card aka the 12.3GB partition although I can't access the "Internal" partition aka the 2.11GB one via my laptop for some reason)
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] mikeinessex:
hi peeps, i had a break from sgs2 for a while and got another one. i remember villianrom being able to unlock it to all networks, cant remember which version, can someone diret me please
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] IINexusII:
theres a few unlocking apps in the market that would unlock your phone
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] CamoGeko:
You shouldn't have any issues with that if you have cf-root kernel installed. Also you can try disabling/enabling usb debugging.

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[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] borgmanjayce:
I reinstalled VillainROM 3.0 and I still have the problem with the phone not recognising the SIM even though the SIM worked fine in my unlocked HTC Wildfire.

What Kernel do I need to use with Odin if it's already CF-Rooted? According to the "About" section, it says that the Kernel version is "2.6.35.11 -ninphetamine-2.0.5+ninpo@titan #20"
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] s2d4:
umm, not sure why you are saying it's villain rom this that,

You got to unlock your phone yourself. The rom is not suppose to unlock it for you by default.

But if you've messed up efs somehow... that's another story...
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] borgmanjayce:
Well how do I unlock VillainROM then so I can fix the problem with the efs and install the modem (if that's what you're referring to with the problem with the phone not receiving a signal)
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] pulser_g2:
You need to unlock the phone using one of the methods posted on this forum, but if you have ruined your EFS, that might not be possible...
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] mikeinessex:
thanks for the reply, i tried the chainfire one and didnt work but i used villianrom to do it before. just cant remember which one, was one of the earlier ones
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] killall:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=13837121

This what you are referring to?

You still have to use the CF kernel though
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] n00n00:
Good day!

Is there a way to fix the 4x3 keypad option showing only numbers when pressed instead of letters/alphabets? :confused:
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] pulser_g2:
I'd suggest looking at the various keyboards available - the Samsung one is quite limited.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] harrisony:
What's the best kernel to use with the rom?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] :
Ninp 2.0.5:) Comes with the rom once you flash it.:)
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] A$h x:
Silly question, but is the camera app/firmware the same on VR 3.0 as stock? I swear the pics I take on VR 3.0 seem of lower quality than the original firmware.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] CamoGeko:
Placebo effect?

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[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] pulser_g2:
It's identical. I don't touch the firmware, so it's whatever you are using. And the camera app is stock.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] psb07158:
Really stupid suggestion, but when I upgraded to VR 3.0 in my camera settings it was set to a lower resolution by default and I had to increase it to the highest.

I know you will most likely have checked that, but just a note. :D
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] pulser_g2:
Good idea. Mine is at max res though...
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] n00n00:
was able to fix it by installing a multi-csc from intratchs page. i am now able to use the 4x3 keyboard properly. :)

was there a reason why csc didnt come installed with ROM?

lastly, pulser, what happens if the zimage for ninphetamine is removed from the signed zip, will the rom still flash? if not, is there a way you could share a vr3.0 which doesn include ninphetmine kernel?

:)
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Vertumus:
OK guys, I am presenting u the new version of my theme

ICS Domination v1.3

​

Changelog:

14.11.2011. - v1.3

- ICS wifi and signal status bar icons designed by me (blue/white)

- tabs redesign

- fixed some color letter bugs

- mms themed in ICS style

- choose up to 5 mms delicious mms skins

- no more sms converting to mms

- enabled 200 contacts when sending sms

- logsprovider

- numerous graphical improvements

Please check my thread for downloads and full review of the theme

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1334922

Kind regards,

Vert
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] CamoGeko:
Uhm... why don't you just flash a kernel of your choice after installing VR?

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[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] killall:
Hey VillainRom team. Have you seen this

ICS source code

And do you think its genuine
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] CamoGeko:
ICS code push has started! :D

xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=19348991&postcount=6883

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[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] pulser_g2:
Cough cough. My sticky :p
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] :
:D you do come out with some classic quotes;)ala chuck norris style:D
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] pulser_g2:
Lol. Another fan of the sig banner :D I needs to add some more stuff to the generator I think :)
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] CamoGeko:
Lol, really? Where? :p

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[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] pulser_g2:
Oh I dunno... Maybe the top of general and development for most recent devices including SGS2? :p
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] :
:Ddownload funny jokes app from market..full of chuck norris facts...makes me old man fall of his chair everyday laughing..:D

and regarding ics sources....bet we will see at least 100 threads opening in up in the next two days saying "guys sources are out, woohoo" ics to sg2 soon...so you be a busy Chuck Pulser mate...

Get birdman on some wingman missions to exterminate the noobs:D
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] CamoGeko:
Haha, you're lucky Chuck is monitoring all Google activity for you automatically. :p

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[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] killall:
Pulser your cunning plan hasn't worked I'm afraid

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1346782

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1346740
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Entropy512:
Pulser: In that NFC zip I sent you in the PM, if you haven't tried it yet - nuke Settings.apk from it - turns out you don't need it!

Just having NFC there makes NFC appear in settings.

I need to revisit my smali...
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] pulser_g2:
That's what I told you anyway :p I think it will still do the failure when ticking the box...
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] simpl3lang:
first time villainrom user. @pulser thank you for such a great rom.

question regarding the quoted comment above. if i were to install vertumus's theme (i like his green theme), would it alter your rom in anyway that will degrade performance or battery life?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] AvRS:
I've been using Vertumus's themes for some time including the green SE version you refer to and have never noticed any performance issues. The only time you'll notice issues is when you go from a ROM where all APK's have been optimised as Vertumus replaces a lot of the APK's that he themes based on stock or whichever ROM he rips them out of so you'll no longer have the original optimised versions.

If you're like me I don't think it'll make a huge difference so flash away and see what you think.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Entropy512:
I need to revisit it - I think that of the two lines of removePreferences smali I removed, only one needed to be axed. smali is NOT my strong point!

I think one removes the preference if the NFC service isn't working right, and the other explicitly axes it if an SGH-I777 is detected - I just need to nuke the latter on I777 ROMs.

The failure when ticking the box is something I've seen before - it happens whenever I try to use the full NexusS-sourced package, instead of just adding the one permissions XML to the I777-sourced files.

One thing I discovered last night is that a tag with NDEF data will cause the NFC service to crash due to lacking STOP_APP_SWITCH permissions on I9100-derived ROMs. Works fine on I777-derived ROMs. Unfortunately Android userland permissions are voodoo blackmagic to me. :(
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] PsyRax69:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1346627

waiting for Villainrom based on ICS:)
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] AvRS:
Lol that actually made me laugh as you quoted a sticky that Pulsar made lol

You may be waiting some time.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] CamoGeko:
Lol, especially since we already discussed it in the last few pages.

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[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] pulser_g2:
s/may/will :)
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] PsyRax69:
lol i posted it on purpose;)

didn't see the discussion but i hope villainrom will be the first stable rom based on ICS.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] :
haha Chuck Facts...love it:D
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] chrisjcks:
What?!

Hes not done VR 4.0 based on ICS yet?

Doesnt he even know the source code is out?

What the hell is he doing with his time, hes not made a new build of 3.0 yet?

Doesnt he realise that VR3.0 has been out a while, where is at least 3.5 with 'some ICS features'?

Sarcasm is a b1tch :-p

But...

i still expect to hear some of those comments soon from others.... But you heard it here FIRST! na na na na na :-p

P.S - from an Englishman to a scot, COME ON ENGLAND! lol
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] pulser_g2:
Lol.

I am waiting until there are some Mali gpu drivers :)
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Bl@ck:
your signature is fantastic lol
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] mynamesteve:
Ain't it just!

i use this fantastic extension for removing sig's

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1339825

but i just cant bring myself to add pulser to the list. Far to funny imho :D plus there have been some new Chuck jokes added to keep it fresh ;)

Also if your ego ain't inflated to much Pulser the trash pm gets my vote for best sig on xda ;)
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] :
Think i can give Pulser a ran for his money regarding Chuck Norris facts:p;)
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] chrisjcks:
"The terrorist group Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) continues to use northern Mali as a safe haven and platform from which to conduct operations"

I dont think i want one of those drivers :-)
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] CamoGeko:
Lmao!

It really would be the case of, please take me to the nearest cafe with one wall.

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[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] mynamesteve:
LOL.... just lol :D
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] pulser_g2:
I borrowed the sig message about noobs from someone else, it's not mine :) The chuck norris generator needs some more, I will add when I get time :)
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] :
If you need more chuck norris ones let me know big guy;-)
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Kashban:
Ah, so an ICS port to the SGS 2 is lacking the GPU drivers? Is this the only hold up or are there other severe issues to deal with?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Entropy512:
Tons. Basically - the ICS source is meaningless as anything but a curiosity until Samsung releases an ICS firmware for the device. There are LOTS of binary-only blobs which are not necessarily compatible with ICS.

Doing an AOSP bringup for an unsupported requires a HELL of a lot more work than just downloading the source and compiling it. The CM7 team isn't even completely done with this task for the GS2, and the device has been out for months. CM9 should be a little bit faster due to the ability to re-apply "lessons learned" from the CM7 bringup, but don't expect it to even start until there's an ICS release for GS2 to pull all the proprietary blobs from.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] borgmanjayce:
How do I downgrade from 3.0 to 2.3 as it's probably the best way to fix the problem I'm having with my GS II being still stuck in Flight Mode even though I replaced the modem in it as well as the battery draining like butter on a hot knife and making the damn phone hotter than Rihanna in lingerie!
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] CamoGeko:
Have you tried a full wipe (factory reset) and a fresh install?

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[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] borgmanjayce:
I'll give that a go tonight at home after doing a full backup with Titanium.

On another note, do you have any advice concerning how to fix the problem with the battery draining too fast?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] CamoGeko:
Try the setup I am using right now, minus the theme of course. Unless you want to flash that too.

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[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] borgmanjayce:
I'll try that setup of yours to see if that works, especially the modem and kernel.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] afrizal_chen:
After monitoring for a while with BetterBatteryStats, I found that google latitude is the real battery eater on my SGSII. Turning off/ Logging out google latitude solve my battery issue. My battery now can last about 25-28 hours per charged with moderate google-reader, whatsapp-messaging and few calls.

PS: the other application you might want to check is K9Mail push feature, I turned the push off and switch to polll every 10 mnts. :)
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] chamonix:
You may want to search for "ALTitude" in this forum if you look for a latitude updater with low energy footprint.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] emilcioran99:
Off Topic

Three weeks ago, this thread was a 5 Stars rated thread, now is a 4 stars rated thread.

Why?

Why the people unrate this thread?

Because is not updated to the last leaked firmware?

This rom is one of the best roms from here!

Thank you pulser for your work! :)

End OT
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] PondaRox:
i've been getting some random reboots that are probably because of the kernel (no such problem with cf-root or stock). what should i do?

- flash a newer version of the ninphetamine kernel?

- flash a different kernel? (if so, which one?)

- go back to cf-root? (i'm assuming cf-root can replace ninphetamine as kernel. correct me if i'm wrong)
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] AvRS:
I get the same every now and then but its better for me then the freezes I was getting with Hyperdroid which I tested for a couple of weeks. At least it fully restarts but best bet would be to try another kernel and see if it's better that's what I plan to do at some point when I can be bothered.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] pulser_g2:
Because people don't like the way I do things probably...

It's the only rom I have ever used for a consistently long time without issues :)
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] pulser_g2:
Are you UC or UVing?

You can do any of the above pretty much :)
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] PsyRax69:
i must say, i have checked some roms,and still flashing some from time to time.

i don't know why,but every time i go back "home" to this rom!

keep up the good job pulser.;)

but it would be nice to see some updates...
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] PondaRox:
was doing nothing of the sort. and i was looking for professional opinion :)

well, got ninphetmine 2.1.3. so far so good...

if this doesnt work out, back to cf root
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] pulser_g2:
Well... This ROM is home for me and a huge number of others.

You ask for updates, but tell me WHY you want them :) What are you missing out on? An increase in the version number like some so-called "developers" do here?

I don't need to update the ROM often, as I don't introduce bugs in it. 99% of custom ROMs need updates to rectify bugs introduced by the developer... And then it needs fixed when that fix breaks other stuff.

I go for long installs with VR :) I'm now on approaching 2 months without any wiping etc :D And it's still working perfectly :)
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] pulser_g2:
Yup, if it is no good on 2.1.3, give CF-Root a shot. You shouldn't lose anything noticeable.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] theooo:
This rom is one of the best rom for sgs ii imo. And changing to other rom for a while i find myself returned to this rom again :D

About those rating, im sure it will become 5 star again when u release an update. So no worries :)

Sometimes ppl just craving to have something to flash or maybe having rom with the same tweak but on newer base.. o_O

By the way pulser, since ninphetmine development stopped, what kernel will u use on next update? *curious*
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Fall Guy:
I found CF-Root to be more stable and quite a bit better on battery too. Been using that since two days after release.

Pulser why not just change the version number to 3.9 and just let the posts roll in about how much better/worse it is than 3.0. :D